What's Blooming at the Townsend River Walk and Arboretum

The hillside Fall garden is coming into a beautiful blooming season with Ironweed, White Wingstem, Bearsfoot, Golden Rod and more!

Click on any of the pictures below to see the images in a slideshow gallery.

Eurybia divaricata - White Heart-leaved Aster, White Star Aster, White Wood Aster, Wood Aster
2023-09-13
Photo by Allison Pearson
Lindera benzoin - Northern Spicebush, Spicebush, Spice Bush
2023-09-13
Photo by Allison Pearson
Callicarpa americana - American Beautyberry
Fruit Late Summer
2023-09-08
Arisaema triphyllum - Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Wake Robin, Devil's Ear, Dragon Root
Fruit Turning Red in Late Summer
2023-09-08
Solidago altissima - Tall Goldenrod
Located in Pollinator Garden
2023-09-08
Solidago altissima -Tall Goldenrod
Verbesina alternifolia - Yellow Wingstem or Yellow Ironweed
20230908
Nurse Log
2023-09-05
This Nurse Log is along the new Bluebell Trail and is really showing off.
A nurse log is a downed log that in its new life is supporting plants, small creatures, mushrooms, moss, ferns and more!
This one even has river oats growing out of it.
Picture by Allison Pearson
Nurse Log
Euonymus americanus - Bursting Heart, Hearts-a-bustin', Strawberry Bush
How appropriate a name: Hearts-a-bustin' or Strawberry Bush
2023-09-05
Photo by Allison Pearson
Lobelia siphilitica - Blue Cardinal Flower, Great Blue Lobelia, Great Lobelia
2023-08-30
Verbesina virginica - White Wingstem, White Crownbeard, Frostweed, Frostflower
2023-08-30
Vernonia noveboracensis - Ironweed, New York Ironweed, Tall Ironweed
2023-08-30
Impatiens capensis - Jewelweed, Jewel Weed, Orange Jewelweed, Touch-me-not
2023-08-30
Asimina triloba - Pawpaw Tree
The fruit of the Pawpaw Tree is growing and will ripen later this fall.
2023-08-08
Helianthus microcephalus - Small Woodland Sunflower, Small-headed Sunflower
2023-08-08
Verbesina virginica - White Wingstem, White Crownbeard, Frostweed, Frostflower
2023-08-08
Lobelia cardinalis - Cardinal Flower
2023-07-30
Lobelia cardinalis - Cardinal Flower
Smallanthus uvedalia - Bear's Foot, Hairy Leafcup, Yellow Flower Leafcup
2023-07-30
bears foot
Aesculus parviflora - Bottlebrush Buckeye
2023-07-07
Cichorium intybus - Common Chicory
2023-07-07
Cichorium intybus - Common Chicory
Gaillardia - Blanket flower, Indian Blanket
2023-07-07
Achillea millefolium - Common Yarrow, Devil's Nettle, Dog Daisy
2023-07-07
Phlox glaberrima - Smooth Phlox, Marsh Phlox
2023-07-07
Ruellia caroliniensis - Wild Petunia, Carolina Wild Petunia
2023-06-25
Monarda clinopodia - White Bergamot, Basil Bee Balm
2023-06-25
Monarda fistulosa - Bergamot, Bee Balm
2023-06-25
Monarda fistulosa - Bergamot, Bee Balm
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae - New England Aster, New England American Aster
2023-06-25
Rhododendron maximum - Rosebay Rhododendron, Great Rhododendron, White Laurel
2023-06-20
Echinacea purpurea - Coneflower, Eastern Purple Coneflower, Purple Coneflower, Purple Rudbeckia
2023-06-20
Anemone virginiana - Thimbleweed
2023-06-19
Anemone virginiana - Thimbleweed
Lathyrus latifolius - Sweet Pea, Everlasting Pea, Perennial Pea
2023-06-19
Amorpha herbacea - Clusterspike False Indigo, Dwarf Indigo Bush, Leadplant
2023-06-15
Spiraea alba - Meadowsweet
2023-06-06
Picture by Linda Morton
Spiraea alba - Meadowsweet
Hemerocallis fulva - Daylily, Ditch Lily, Orange Daylily ,Tawny Daylily, Tiger Daylily
2023-06-04
Rhododendron calendulaceum - Flame Azalea "Gregory Bald"
2023-05-28
Coreopsis lanceolata - Lanceleaf Tickseed
2023-05-28
Cercis canadensis 'Flame Thrower' - Eastern Redbud, 'Nc2016-2'
2023-05-28
Sanicula canadensis - Canadian Black Snakeroot
2023-05-16
Penstemon digitalis - Smooth Penstemon
2023-05-16
Penstemon digitalis - Smooth Penstemon
Yucca aloifolia - Spanish Bayonet
2023-06-04
Yucca aloifolia - Spanish Bayonet
Leucanthemum vulgare - Ox-Eye Daisy
2023-06-04
Leucanthemum vulgare - Ox-Eye Daisy
Sambucus canadensis - American Black Elderberry
Pollinator Garden
2023-06-04
Asclepias tuberosa - Butterfly Milkweed, Butterfly Weed, Pleurisy Root, Orange Milkweed
2023-06-04
Euonymus americanus - Bursting Heart, Hearts-a-bustin', Strawberry Bush

2023-05-09
Rhododendron calendulaceum - Flame Azalea
Gregory Bald Azalea Clone 484 - Deep Red
2023-05-09
Calycanthus floridus - Eastern Sweetshrub
2023-05-09
Chelydra serpentina - Snapping Turtle
Found along the bank in The Little River
2023-05-09
Chelydra serpentina - Snapping Turtle
Tradescantia virginiana - Common Spiderwort, Spider Lily, Virginia Spiderwort
2023-05-09
Baptisia sphaerocarpa - Yellow Wild Indigo
2023-05-09
Morus rubra - Red Mulberry
2023-05-03
Morus rubra - Red Mulberry
Itea virginica - Virginia Sweetspire
2023-05-03
Itea virginica - Virginia Sweetspire
Liriodendron tulipifera - Tulip Poplar, Tulip Tree
2023-05-03
Asimina triloba - Pawpaw
2023-04-25
Asimina triloba - Pawpaw
Lonicera tatarica - Bush Honeysuckle
***INVASIVE***
2023-04-26
Cornus sericea 'Flaviramea' - Golden Twig Dogwood, Yellow Twig Dogwood
2023-04-26
Sedum ternatum - Woodland Stonecrop, Wild Stonecrop
2023-04-26
Maianthemum racemosum -Solomon's Plume (formerly False Solomon's Seal)
2023-04-26
Phacelia purshii - Miami Mist
2023-04-26
Phacelia purshii - Miami Mist
Sialia sialis - Eastern Bluebird
2023-04-12

Our 14 days are up and we have some new bluebird chicks look very healthy and hungry. Another 18 days or so they should be fledging.
Ranunculus sardous - Hairy Buttercup
2023-04-12
Ranunculus sardous - Hairy Buttercup
Cercis canadensis 'Pink Pom Poms' - Eastern Redbud
2023-04-12
Halesia carolina - Carolina Silverbell
2023-04-12

Halesia carolina - Carolina Silverbell
Iris cristata - Dwarf Crested Iris
2023-04-12
Iris cristata - Dwarf Crested Iris
Viola sororia albiflora - White Wood Violet
2023-04-12
Alliaria petiolata - Garlic Mustard
*** INVASIVE ***
2023-4-12

Alliaria petiolata - Garlic Mustard
Osmorhiza longistylis - Aniseroot
2023-04-12
Osmorhiza longistylis - Aniseroot
Onoclea sensibilis - Sensitive Fern
2023-04-04
Onoclea sensibilis - Sensitive Fern
Aquilegia canadensis - Eastern Red Columbine, Wild Red Columbine
2023-04-04
Cornus florida - Flowering Dogwood
2023-04-04
Cornus florida - Flowering Dogwood
Polygonatum biflorum - Smooth Solomon's Seal, Great Solomon's-seal, Sealwort
2023-04-04
Arisaema triphyllum - Jack In The Pulpit, Indian Jack In The Pulpit, Jack-in-the-pulpit
2023-04-04
Ajuga reptans - Ajuga, Blue Bugle, Bugleherb, Bugleweed, Bugle Weed, Carpet Bugle
***Not Native - Can Become Invasive***
2023-04-04
Geranium maculatum - Wild Geranium
2023-03-31
Geranium maculatum - Wild Geranium
Sialia sialis - Eastern Bluebird
2023-03-27

Spring is the Season for love and our bluebirds are no exception. More to come in about 14 days!
Sialia sialis - Eastern Bluebird
Erigeron philadelphicus - Philadelphia Fleabane, Fleabane Daisy
2023-03-27
Aesculus pavia - Red buckeye
2023-03-27
Aesculus pavia - Red buckeye
Trillium simile - Sweet White Trillium
2023-03-27
Trillium simile - Sweet White Trillium
Phlox divaricata - Wild Blue Phlox, Woodland Phlox, Sweet William
2023-03-27
Trillium luteum - Yellow Trillium, Yellow Wakerobin
2023-03-27
Potentilla simplex - Common cinquefoil
2023-03-10
Potentilla simplex - Common cinquefoil
Viola sororia - Common Blue Violet
2023-03-07
Viola sororia - Common Blue Violet
Iridaceae - Iris
(Tennessee State Cultivated Flower)
2023-03-07
Anemone quinquefolia - Wood Anemone
2023-03-07
wood anemone
Pachysandra procumbens - Allegheny Spurge
2023-03-05
Lonicera sempervirens - Trumpet Honeysuckle
2023-03-05
Cercis canadensis - Eastern Redbud
2023-03-05
Cercis canadensis - Eastern Redbud
Cardamine angustata - Slender Toothwort
2023-03-01
Cardamine angustata - Slender Toothwort
Claytonia perfoliata - Spring Beauty
2023-03-01
Claytonia perfoliata - Spring Beauty
Packera aurea - Golden Ragwort
2023-03-01
Packera aurea - Golden Ragwort
Mertensia virginica - Virginia Bluebells
2023-03-01
Sanguinaria canadensis - Bloodroot
2023-03-01
Sanguinaria canadensis - Bloodroot
Viola sororia - Common Blue Violet
2023-03-01
Viola sororia - Common Blue Violet
Vinca minor - Periwinkle (INVASIVE)
2023-03-01
Vinca minor - Periwinkle
Thalictrum thalictroides - Rue Anemone
2023-03-01
Thalictrum thalictroides - Rue Anemone
Lindera benzoin - Spicebush
2023-03-01
Lindera benzoin - Spicebush
Tipularia discolor - Cranefly Orichid
The leaves of the Cranefly Orchid come out in the Spring then die back. Later this summer a long slender stock with tiny flowers will emerge.
2023-02-17
Muscari armeniacum - Grape Hyacinth
2023-02-17
Muscari armeniacum - Grape Hyacinth
Narcissus pseudonarcissus - Daffodil
2023-02-07
Narcissus pseudonarcissus - Daffodil
Hellebores - Lenten Rose
2023.02.07
Hellebores - Lenten Rose

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Eurybia divaricata - White Heart-leaved Aster, White Star Aster, White Wood Aster, Wood Aster
2023-09-13
Photo by Allison Pearson

Lindera benzoin - Northern Spicebush, Spicebush, Spice Bush
2023-09-13
Photo by Allison Pearson

Callicarpa americana - American Beautyberry
Fruit Late Summer
2023-09-08

Arisaema triphyllum - Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Wake Robin, Devil's Ear, Dragon Root
Fruit Turning Red in Late Summer
2023-09-08

Solidago altissima - Tall Goldenrod
Located in Pollinator Garden
2023-09-08

Verbesina alternifolia - Yellow Wingstem or Yellow Ironweed
20230908

Nurse Log
2023-09-05
This Nurse Log is along the new Bluebell Trail and is really showing off.
A nurse log is a downed log that in its new life is supporting plants, small creatures, mushrooms, moss, ferns and more!
This one even has river oats growing out of it.
Picture by Allison Pearson

Euonymus americanus - Bursting Heart, Hearts-a-bustin', Strawberry Bush
How appropriate a name: Hearts-a-bustin' or Strawberry Bush
2023-09-05
Photo by Allison Pearson

Lobelia siphilitica - Blue Cardinal Flower, Great Blue Lobelia, Great Lobelia
2023-08-30

Verbesina virginica - White Wingstem, White Crownbeard, Frostweed, Frostflower
2023-08-30

Vernonia noveboracensis - Ironweed, New York Ironweed, Tall Ironweed
2023-08-30

Impatiens capensis - Jewelweed, Jewel Weed, Orange Jewelweed, Touch-me-not
2023-08-30

Asimina triloba - Pawpaw Tree
The fruit of the Pawpaw Tree is growing and will ripen later this fall.
2023-08-08

Helianthus microcephalus - Small Woodland Sunflower, Small-headed Sunflower
2023-08-08

Verbesina virginica - White Wingstem, White Crownbeard, Frostweed, Frostflower
2023-08-08

Lobelia cardinalis - Cardinal Flower
2023-07-30

Smallanthus uvedalia - Bear's Foot, Hairy Leafcup, Yellow Flower Leafcup
2023-07-30

Aesculus parviflora - Bottlebrush Buckeye
2023-07-07

Cichorium intybus - Common Chicory
2023-07-07

Gaillardia - Blanket flower, Indian Blanket
2023-07-07

Achillea millefolium - Common Yarrow, Devil's Nettle, Dog Daisy
2023-07-07

Phlox glaberrima - Smooth Phlox, Marsh Phlox
2023-07-07

Ruellia caroliniensis - Wild Petunia, Carolina Wild Petunia
2023-06-25

Monarda clinopodia - White Bergamot, Basil Bee Balm
2023-06-25

Monarda fistulosa - Bergamot, Bee Balm
2023-06-25

Symphyotrichum novae-angliae - New England Aster, New England American Aster
2023-06-25

Rhododendron maximum - Rosebay Rhododendron, Great Rhododendron, White Laurel
2023-06-20

Echinacea purpurea - Coneflower, Eastern Purple Coneflower, Purple Coneflower, Purple Rudbeckia
2023-06-20

Anemone virginiana - Thimbleweed
2023-06-19

Lathyrus latifolius - Sweet Pea, Everlasting Pea, Perennial Pea
2023-06-19

Amorpha herbacea - Clusterspike False Indigo, Dwarf Indigo Bush, Leadplant
2023-06-15

Spiraea alba - Meadowsweet
2023-06-06
Picture by Linda Morton

Hemerocallis fulva - Daylily, Ditch Lily, Orange Daylily ,Tawny Daylily, Tiger Daylily
2023-06-04

Rhododendron calendulaceum - Flame Azalea "Gregory Bald"
2023-05-28

Coreopsis lanceolata - Lanceleaf Tickseed
2023-05-28

Cercis canadensis 'Flame Thrower' - Eastern Redbud, 'Nc2016-2'
2023-05-28

Sanicula canadensis - Canadian Black Snakeroot
2023-05-16

Penstemon digitalis - Smooth Penstemon
2023-05-16

Yucca aloifolia - Spanish Bayonet
2023-06-04

Leucanthemum vulgare - Ox-Eye Daisy
2023-06-04

Sambucus canadensis - American Black Elderberry
Pollinator Garden
2023-06-04

Asclepias tuberosa - Butterfly Milkweed, Butterfly Weed, Pleurisy Root, Orange Milkweed
2023-06-04

Euonymus americanus - Bursting Heart, Hearts-a-bustin', Strawberry Bush

2023-05-09

Rhododendron calendulaceum - Flame Azalea
Gregory Bald Azalea Clone 484 - Deep Red
2023-05-09

Calycanthus floridus - Eastern Sweetshrub
2023-05-09

Chelydra serpentina - Snapping Turtle
Found along the bank in The Little River
2023-05-09

Tradescantia virginiana - Common Spiderwort, Spider Lily, Virginia Spiderwort
2023-05-09

Baptisia sphaerocarpa - Yellow Wild Indigo
2023-05-09

Morus rubra - Red Mulberry
2023-05-03

Itea virginica - Virginia Sweetspire
2023-05-03

Liriodendron tulipifera - Tulip Poplar, Tulip Tree
2023-05-03

Asimina triloba - Pawpaw
2023-04-25

Lonicera tatarica - Bush Honeysuckle
***INVASIVE***
2023-04-26

Cornus sericea 'Flaviramea' - Golden Twig Dogwood, Yellow Twig Dogwood
2023-04-26

Sedum ternatum - Woodland Stonecrop, Wild Stonecrop
2023-04-26

Maianthemum racemosum -Solomon's Plume (formerly False Solomon's Seal)
2023-04-26

Phacelia purshii - Miami Mist
2023-04-26

Sialia sialis - Eastern Bluebird
2023-04-12

Our 14 days are up and we have some new bluebird chicks look very healthy and hungry. Another 18 days or so they should be fledging.

Ranunculus sardous - Hairy Buttercup
2023-04-12

Cercis canadensis 'Pink Pom Poms' - Eastern Redbud
2023-04-12

Halesia carolina - Carolina Silverbell
2023-04-12

Iris cristata - Dwarf Crested Iris
2023-04-12

Viola sororia albiflora - White Wood Violet
2023-04-12

Alliaria petiolata - Garlic Mustard
*** INVASIVE ***
2023-4-12

Osmorhiza longistylis - Aniseroot
2023-04-12

Onoclea sensibilis - Sensitive Fern
2023-04-04

Aquilegia canadensis - Eastern Red Columbine, Wild Red Columbine
2023-04-04

Cornus florida - Flowering Dogwood
2023-04-04

Polygonatum biflorum - Smooth Solomon's Seal, Great Solomon's-seal, Sealwort
2023-04-04

Arisaema triphyllum - Jack In The Pulpit, Indian Jack In The Pulpit, Jack-in-the-pulpit
2023-04-04

Ajuga reptans - Ajuga, Blue Bugle, Bugleherb, Bugleweed, Bugle Weed, Carpet Bugle
***Not Native - Can Become Invasive***
2023-04-04

Geranium maculatum - Wild Geranium
2023-03-31

Sialia sialis - Eastern Bluebird
2023-03-27

Spring is the Season for love and our bluebirds are no exception. More to come in about 14 days!

Erigeron philadelphicus - Philadelphia Fleabane, Fleabane Daisy
2023-03-27

Aesculus pavia - Red buckeye
2023-03-27

Trillium simile - Sweet White Trillium
2023-03-27

Phlox divaricata - Wild Blue Phlox, Woodland Phlox, Sweet William
2023-03-27

Trillium luteum - Yellow Trillium, Yellow Wakerobin
2023-03-27

Potentilla simplex - Common cinquefoil
2023-03-10

Viola sororia - Common Blue Violet
2023-03-07

Iridaceae - Iris
(Tennessee State Cultivated Flower)
2023-03-07

Anemone quinquefolia - Wood Anemone
2023-03-07

Pachysandra procumbens - Allegheny Spurge
2023-03-05

Lonicera sempervirens - Trumpet Honeysuckle
2023-03-05

Cercis canadensis - Eastern Redbud
2023-03-05

Cardamine angustata - Slender Toothwort
2023-03-01

Claytonia perfoliata - Spring Beauty
2023-03-01

Packera aurea - Golden Ragwort
2023-03-01

Mertensia virginica - Virginia Bluebells
2023-03-01

Sanguinaria canadensis - Bloodroot
2023-03-01

Viola sororia - Common Blue Violet
2023-03-01

Vinca minor - Periwinkle (INVASIVE)
2023-03-01

Thalictrum thalictroides - Rue Anemone
2023-03-01

Lindera benzoin - Spicebush
2023-03-01

Tipularia discolor - Cranefly Orichid
The leaves of the Cranefly Orchid come out in the Spring then die back. Later this summer a long slender stock with tiny flowers will emerge.
2023-02-17